1.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (1 record carton)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Research papers compiled by history professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf regarding his study of people who supported the Confederacy
in Wheeling, (West) Virginia in 1861. Includes manuscript research notes and facsimiles of documents regarding prisoners of
war; traitors; legislative petitions (topics include transportation, education, banking, temperance, and property); military
service (including the Shriver Grays, a Confederate unit organized in Wheeling in 1861); religion; black newspapers and history;
labor and socialism; and court records (includes marriages and naturalizations). Also includes material related to a class
Dr. Fones-Wolf taught on these subjects.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Confederacy
Supporters in Wheeling, A&M 5179, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown,
West Virginia.